Composition for the fumigation treatment of fowl



Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY M. SPAHR, OF SPAHRV, MARYLAND.

COMPOSITION FOR THE FUMIGATION TREATMENT OF FOWL,

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY M. SPAHR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spahr, in the county of Frederick and State of Maryland,have invented certain new and useful Compositions for the FurnigationTreatment of Fowl, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the production of a composition for thefumigation treatment of fowl having roup, colds, canker, catarrh,chicken-pox, and other similar diseases.

My composition consists of a mixture of ground cubeb berries, kiln driedpine needles, kiln dried pine sawdust, pine tar, turpentine, sulphur andcoal tar.

In preparing the composition I prefer to use the ingredients in aboutthe following proportions, viz: forty per cent ground cubeb berries, tenper cent kiln dried ground pine needles, five per cent kiln dried pinesawdust, twenty per cent pine tar, fifteen per cent turpentine, five percent sulphur,

and five per cent coal tar.

The ingredients are thoroughly mixed and placed. in cans having suitableclosures.

In using my composition, the diseased fowl are placed in a building andall windows and doors closed to make same as near air-tight as possible.A sufficient quantity of the composition, say two or three tablespoonsfull for an average size building, is then placed in an iron pot, orother suitable receptacle, and lighted. The composition is allowed toburn until the smoke becomes dense and the fowl become restless, thenApplication filed December 21, 1923.

Serial No. 681,948.

tion right on the diseased membranes effect a speedy recovery, for fowlsmust inhale and breathe and when confined to a closed house arecompelled to inhale the vapor or smoke produced by the burning of thiscomposition.

I claim:

1. A composition for the fumigation treatment of fowls, consisting ofground cubeb berries, kiln dried ground pine needles, kiln dried pinesawdust, pine tar, turpentine, sulphur and coal tar, substantially asdescribed.

2. A composition for the fumigation treatment of fowls, consisting offorty per cent ground cubeb berries, ten per cent kiln dried ground pineneedles, five per cent kiln dried pine sawdust, twenty per cent pinetar, fifteen per cent turpentine, five per cent sulphur and five percent coal tar.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signa.- ture.

HARRY M. SPAHR.

